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Today’s Blog Post
“Come on you BOOGers let’s Parteeee….!!!”
I have told my wife a dozen times to not carry her purse in her hand! If I was a thief – her purse would be gone in a heart beat. I told her to put it over her shoulder.

The fact is that we now live in the most dangerous society ever. It is more and more dangerous to walk around and “think” that you are okay. Normally safe places in our city are now very dangerous to walk alone.

This is Peterborough… not New York City… or even Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver. We are a city of 75,000 people… not big at all.

But we are a city that is located just a 60 minute drive up from heavy population south of us. And it appears that the flow of drugs coming our way – makes Peterborough a little bit like Niagara Falls in the Drug Trade – it all comes here easily – whether we as citizens want it or not… and a lot comes when it does.

It is assumed that is the Drug Use in our city that has caused some of the rise in crime in our area.

Another couple we know well from our church have been deeply affected this past week. She had parked her car at a parking lot a little ways away from the Hospital and then walked to work. A thief stopped her and took what he could. In the process he broke her jaw in two places. She has undergone surgery and is recovering… but the mental anguish and the nightmares will be a long time coming.

It is not safe to walk to work at 7:30 in the Morning – that is very much after daylight has arrived in July!

Another man walking a public trail in East City, young and vibrant, was accosted for cigarette. He refused or didn’t have one… so the young man and two girls beat him up.

Another young man out behind Costco store for his break was also beaten and robbed by two young men… who then fled into the bush.

Along that same area another lady was robbed by two young men and hurt badly has she was punched and knocked to the ground.

That all has happened in a two month period of time… close to the population of our city and in daylight hours. Many of the situations were involved stolen jewelry and IPods – etc… things that are easy to transport and easy to sell later.

It also happened near wooded areas.

I used to be able to put a person my size to the ground quickly – in wrestling or a good skirmish. I have thought, what would I do if come upon by another person like one of these young guys… demanding money or smokes from me???

Hit them and then run?

Give them money?

Fight them?

It all would be easy to do but my ego would likely kick in when I tell them, “I will promise you guys that I am “on call chaplain” at the Hospital tonight… after I break both your legs and an arm… I will visit you! Let’s do it!!! Come one Dude one more step!”

The Robin Hood in me wants to do something. I want to organize a Band of Old Guys – that is BOOG – to walk these areas and catch us some bad dudes.

I have the perfect plan actually. It will involve my friends Terry and Winston. Terry needs a walker and Winston is an electric wheel chair.

With six other Old Guys we will wait in the bush near the area that the Bad Dudes frequent. Winston and Terry, taking turns, will come down through that area. The Bad Dudes will pop out confronting our friends. We then swoop out of the bush surrounding the Bad Dudes and catch them in the act… beat on them a little for the fun of it… our hearts beating faster than usual… and nail the suckers to the wall. It will be the BOOG STING.

I am sure that the Cops will love it – getting the help this way.

We have one paramedic type in the group and some of us have taken St. John’s Ambulance First Aide courses. We are covered that way… I am sure.

But I know that it is no laughing matter… we do need to be very careful where we go and when we go. The BOOG will not likely happen too soon. We need the batteries for our Pace Makers rather than the walkie talkies needed in the Great BOOG adventure!

But I can be more vigilant and more careful where and how I go. And we need to be!

Today I am off for my great BOOG Adventure… at the Wellness Center… for some weight training and exercise.

Oh… I forgot the best part… as we sweep out of the trees… we scream… “Come on you BOOGers let’s Parteeee….!!!” That scream alone will likely make the bad guys drop and run!

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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